The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-07
DR.. Talmage's Sermon Yesterday.
The Laying of the Conversions
OF the Temple of the World.
A Block of Light and q Trowel Of
Celestial Crystal the Tool.
The Harp String of Sin Produced
tho Only Discord In Life.
Powerful Comparison Between the
Discords as Heard by God and HUI
monity How Christianity VIII
Make Harmony.

BnooELyN, n. Y, Nov. 6.-The main
feature in the Brooklyn tabernacle
Is the congregational singing, Today,
alter the opening song, in which
all the thousands heartily partic-
paicd, Prof Browne gave on the
organ Schcrzo, opus 81, by Mcndelssohn.
The Rev T. Dewitt mlmagc, DID,, ex-
pounded a chapter in the iirt book Of
Samuel, where saul, possessed OF an evil
spirit, threw iavelin at David, who WIS
playing on the harp before him, thus show
ing that the evil spirit does not like sacred
music. The subject OF the sermon was
Concord and niscord, F" and the text was
from job, NNxviii, o, Z: "Who laid
the cornerstone thereof; when the morn
ing stars sang together" DR.. Talmags
said
We have all seen the ceremony at tho
laying oi the corner stone oi church,
asylum on Masonic temple. Into the
hollow Of the stone were placed scrolls Of
history aud important documents to 10
suggestive II, one or two hundred years
after, the building should Ice destroyed by
fire or torn down. We remember tho
silver trpwcl Or iron hammer that smoie
the squaW piece oi granite into sanctity.
/ We remember some venerable man who
presided, welding the truWcl or hammer.
We remember alsn the music ~ the choir
stood ON the scattered stones and timber
..N IL
The leaves ul the notebooks iluitcrrd in tho
wind, aud were turned over with great
rusiling aud We remember how the haS,,
baritone, tenor, cuntEilto aud soprano
voices CummiUplrd. They had iur many
days bccn p'hcar.ing the special pro-
gram, that Il might bc worthy Ut the cor
nrrstonc LAYING
In my tcNt the poet oi u calls us too
Rrandcr ceremony the laying of the lOun-
dation ui this great temple Oi world. Tho
cornerstone WIS block VI light and tho
trowcl was II celestial crystal All about
and on the omhankmcn,S OF clouh stood
/ the angelic choristefs unrollng the IT,
/ brciius ut overture, and other worlds
! clappcl shining cymhals nhilc fhc ecr-
muny went on, aud God, The nnhitecf,
10y strlkc Of light after stroke NJ light. dcdi-
cutcd this gp'lt cathedral NJ u world. with
mountains ipr pillars, aud sky irr irpscued
ceiling, aud towering fields Tor iluur and
suuri-r aud midnight aurora iur uphol-
slcry. Who laid the corner stone thereof;
when the morning sinu sang iugcthcr?'
The met h that the whole universe WA
u complete cadence, nn unbrnkcn dithy-
wmh, musical portfolio. The great
sheet ol immensely had been spread ont,
and written on itWvrr the Stnrs, the smaller
uf them miums. the larger OF them sus-
tanned notes. The mrlcpn marked tho
siarcllu passages; the whole heavens a
wmui. With all sounds, intonniions and
modulaliuns, the space between tho
worlds q musical interval, trembling "a
stellar light, quaycr; the thunder ba-o
,lcl, the wind among the trees a treble
ctrl That b. the way God made all thinps,
u perfect harmony
but one day harp string snapped In
the gput uphp,tr. one dHy voice
sounded out Ut tune. unc day q discorl,
hlr-h and terrific, grated upon the glori-
ou, nuiiphonc Il was sin that made tho
diSouauyc, and that harsh disc0rd has
hcrn sounding through the centuries. Al
the work Ul christians aud philnnthropists
uud Wlurmvr Of all ayes " to stop that
di-.pl and grt all things back into tho
perfect harmony which was heard at tho
lyiug ul ihc cornerstone, when the morn-
ing Far slug together. llciurc I CIT
through. 10 ! am diyincly helped. | will
make d plain that sin h discord aud right
,uuzu,-. is harmony.
THAT things in general arr uut II tune
is us plain .s Ia musicians ear IL the un-
happy Clash NJ clufiunct und ha~.oon in
uu orchestral rendering.
HHII... v..fIlf. I...sffI. ..ftN Il Ntt....
luu, and the atmosphere Ia collision, dis
ordered pNp nud MONDAY light Ia Quarrel.
rheumatic limb and damp weather in
struggle. npurtlgias. and pncumonia-, and
ruurumptiuns aud CpilUpsica IN flock.
svoop upon u,ighhorhoods aud cities.
MhyW YOU find one person with sound
throat aud keen oversight, and alert ear,
and ct-y respiration, and regular pulsa-
ton and supple limb, aud prime digcs-
ton unl steady nerves, you hnd hum
dpd Who have h bc very cariu bccauso
this. ~ That, ~ the other physical func-
ton s di-DrlUWd.
"lhv human intellect out VI tune: Tho
Judgment wrongly sWcrycd, W tile mcm-
ufy luIhN, ur the will weak, or the temper
inllmmlhlc, aud the we'll balanced mind
exceptional Domestic life ont II tune:
Only here and there u coniugnl outbreak
NJ incumpliihiliiy OF temper through tho
divorce courts. or lilial outbreak about a
fathers will through the surrugatc's court,
or % risc oi wiir.bcating. ur husband
poisoning through the crininnloourts, but
thousands Ut families with june outside
and January within.
"Sucipty out VI tune. labor and capt.
tnl. their hands on each others throat.
Spirit II caste keeping those down In tho
social scale IN struggle IN get up, and
putting thu-c who are up IN anxiety lest
they have in come down. No wonder tho
old plnuioHc ui society u M out Of tune.
when hypocrisy, and lying aud snbtcr-
fugc, and double dealing, and sycophancy,
aud chaflalansm, aud revenge have for
six thousand ycau been banging away at
the KEYS and stamping the pedals.
con all sides there - perpetual ship
wreck oi harnonics. Nations Ia discor,l:
Without realizing Il, ~ strong Is the feel
Ing ui nation Tor nation that the symbols
chosen are fierce aud destructive. I'm this
country, Nhcv our skies arr rail OF robins,
aud doves and morning Turks. Ne have our
national symbol. Tie hcrcc AID filthy eagle,
az immoral a bird o. cun bc iocud IN all
the archaeological caialdxnrs IN or<at
britain, whcrc they have lumbr and ALLOW
deer, their symhol u the mcrilcus lion.
In Russia. where from between her froxcu